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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

H3389

Transliteration: Yᵉrûwshâlaim

Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im

Definition: Jerusalem


Original: ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם

Transliteration: yerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim

Phonetic: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im

BDB Definition:

Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"
  1. the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

Origin: a dual (in allusion to its two main hills [the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3390]), probably from (the passive participle of) H3384" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3384 and H7999" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7999

TWOT entry:

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location


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